Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese

204 Routledge Course in Modern Mandarin Chinese Level 1

ChEn XiFo Spring Dawn

(Mèng Hàorán) by Meng Haoran

ChEn mián bù jué xiFo， Asleep in spring I did not heed the dawn,

Chùchù wén tí niFo。 Till the birds broke out singing everywhere.

Yè lái fBng yJ shBng， Last night, in the clamour of wind and rain,

HuA luò zhC duDshao。 How many flowers have fallen do you suppose?

Reading and writing

 Focus on Chinese characters 

1. Number of strokes

Indicate the number of strokes used in writing each of the following characters.

a. 半 f. 男

b. 誰 g. 太

c. 上 h. 家

d. 在 i. 還

e. 點 j. 做

2. Which character?

Circle the character in each line that corresponds to the meaning on the left.

a. kàn look at, see, read, visit 春 看

b. hái in addition 這 還

c. tiAn day 半 天

d. zhH only 只 兄

e. (yC)diFn a little （一）點 （一）黑

f. jiA family 家 實

g. shéi who 難 誰

h. (zhè)r here （這）唲 （這）兒

i. (xCng) qC week （星）期 （星）欺

j. nü female 丈 女